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Divorce Lawyers and Their Clients Power and Meaning in the Legal Process

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ISBN-10: 0195063872

ISBN-13: 9780195063875

Edition: 1995

Authors: Austin Sarat, William L. F. Felstiner

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Based on in-person observations of lawyer-client interactions in divorce, this new work provides a unique perspective on the power dynamics of their relationship.
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Book details

List price: $165.00
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/3/1995
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 208
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.49" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.924
Language: English

Austin Sarat is William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence & Political Science, Amherst College. Thomas R. Kearns is William H. Hastie Professor of Philosophy & Professor of Law, Jurisprudence, & Social Thought, Amherst College.

Introduction
Fieldwork
Power and Meaning in Law and Legal Institutions
Power and Meaning in Lawyer-Client Relations
Reconstructing the Past, Imagining the Future: Defining the Domain of Relevance in Lawyer-Client Interaction
The Domain of the Past: Explaining the Failed Marriage
The Domain of the Present: Explaining Problems and Justifying Demands in the Legal Process of Divorce
The Domain of the Future: Giving Advice, Planning Strategy
Conclusion
Negotiating "Realism" and Responsibility in Lawyer-Client Interactions
Defining the Legally Possible
Allocating Responsibility
The Case of the Unsupported Wife
Conclusion
Law Talk in the Divorce Lawyer's Office
Lawyers, Clients, and the Meaning of Law
Interpreting the Legal Process of Divorce
Conclusion
From Adversariness to Resolution: Lawyers, Clients, and the World of Deals
Why Settle?
The Norms of Settlement: How Substantial Is the Law's Shadow?
"Getting to Yes": Planning the Strategy of Settlement
Conclusion
Conclusion
Notes
References
Index